Teaching Artist Fellowship Program

Teaching Artist Fellowship Program news:
In August 2021, Community MusicWorks created a new fellowship opportunity for CMW student alumni. Learn more about the Alumni Fellowship Program here.

As we launch the Alumni Fellowship, we are pausing recruitment for our current Fellowship Program. Though we are not accepting applications this year for the Fellowship Program, please stay posted for more information on our new Alumni Fellowship, and other future Fellowship opportunities. 

The Teaching Artist Fellowship Program is a two-year intensive immersion that gives career-bound musicians the experience of participating in the Community MusicWorks model. Fellows teach, perform and mentor alongside Resident Musicians, and through hands-on experience working within the larger community and with key organizational practices, are encouraged to imagine careers that combine artistic practice and service.

During their tenure with CMW, Fellows are introduced to CMW’s habits of mind which include integrating performing and teaching with social justice work, cultivating a self-reflective practice, and developing relationships that connect to the many concentric circles of our community. Through administrative work and projects, fellows learn about the strategic and operational practices of CMW and at the same time, the experience emphasizes personal growth and exploration. Finally, Fellows are encouraged to imagine and develop alternative pathways for their future careers beyond the Fellowship.

Fellows who have completed the Fellowship program have taken CMW concepts to new programs and like-minded organizations around the United States and Canada.

Examples of some of these organizations include:

Learn more about the Fellowship Program participants at these links:

Current Fellowship Program participants
Fellowship Program alumni